Of Shadows: One Hundred Objects from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. By Sara Hannant & Simon Costin. Published by STRANGE ATTRACTOR PRESS Halloween 2016, £25
2017 Katharine Briggs Folklore Award, Shortlist
2017 International Photo Awards, Photography Book of the Year, Honorary Winner
2017 Moscow International Foto Awards, Honourable Mention
"Sara’s pictures are rites of evocation... a radically new and exciting approach to the work of representing the past to the present." Ronald Hutton
"Spellbinding selection" Atlas Obscura
“Photographer works her own magic at the Museum of Witchcraft” The Wild Hunt
“Of Shadows is intriguing. The positioning of the subjects doesn’t detract from their mysterious nature and yet conveys a great deal of objective information. The captions are very informative and help to add to the experience of viewing these unique pieces.” Lens Culture
“Creepy and brilliant” London Review Bookshop
While artist-in-residence at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Cornwall, I became fascinated to explore how light and darkness define and articulate our relationship to enchantment and if this mechanism can be employed to suggest narrative and significance.